Julian Richings
Julian Richings is a British-Canadian character actor. He has appeared in over 225 films and television series. He trained in drama at the University of Exeter and worked as an actor for several years in the United Kingdom before moving to Toronto in 1984. In the popular series Todd and the Book of Pure Evil he played the dual characters of the Hooded Leader and Atticus Murphy Senior. When not on screen, Julian Richings is a busy stage actor. In February of 2016 he appeared in a play titled Mustard by rising star Kat Sandler at Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre. He played the role of Peter Icabod in 15 episodes of Patriot between 2015 and 2018.
Acted in
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
2025
as Horror Film Expert
A Thousand Cuts
2024
as Webster
Scared Shitless
2024
as Professor Cummings
Campton Manor
2024
as Edward
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023
as Procrustes
Relax, I'm From the Future
2023
as Percy
T-Bone
2023
as Chris
Beau Is Afraid
2023
as Strange Man
Time Traveling Through Time
2022
as Narrator
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
as Dooley
Reginald the Vampire
2022
as Logan
Oldtimers
2022
as Richard
Wickensburg
2022
as Mr Hexenmeister
Salvation
2022
as John
Vicious Fun
2021
as Fritz
Charlotte
2021
as Dr. Kurt Singer / Policeman #1 / SS Soldier #2 (voice)
Chapelwaite
2021
as Phillip Boone
Stanleyville
2021
as Homunculus
Chaos Walking
2021
as Gault
Stardust
2020
as Tony Defries
Business Ethics
2020
as Martin Abacus
Hall
2020
as Julian
Spare Parts
2020
as The Emperor
Anything for Jackson
2020
as Henry Walsh
The Christmas Temp
2019
as Luca
Sailor
2019
as The Magistrate
Perpetual Grace LTD
2019
as Jonathan Joy
True Fiction
2019
as Lenny Rupert
Blood & Treasure
2019
as Alessandro LaLande
Talent Drivers
2019
as Vincent
The Umbrella Academy
2019
as Chet Rodo
Doom Patrol
2019
as Heinrich Von Fuchs
Polar
2019
as Lomas
Carter
2018
as Ray Understone
Creeped Out
2017
as Zephaniah
Midnight Confession
2017
as Grass (voice)
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End
2017
as Hooded Leader / Malian Trader (voice)
American Gods
2017
as Iktomi
The Space Between
2017
as Stash
Frontier
2016
as Mr. Pickersgill
Channel Zero
2016
as The Gardener
Blood Hunters
2016
as Father Stewart
The Rainbow Kid
2016
as Elvis Grimes
Prisoner X
2016
as Jefferson
The Witch
2016
as Governor
The Magicians
2015
as Asteroth
The Expanse
2015
as Vargas
Patriot
2015
as Peter Icabod
All Hallows' Eve 2
2015
as Chatterbox (segment "The Last Halloween") (archive footage)
Regression
2015
as Tom
She Stoops to Conquer
2015
A Christmas Horror Story
2015
as Gerhardt
Killjoys
2015
as Ancient Scarback
Whatever, Linda
2015
as Aloysius Finkle
12 Monkeys
2015
as Adviser to the Witness
Hellmouth
2014
as Smiley
Ejecta
2014
as William Cassidy
Patch Town
2014
as Yuri
The Last Halloween
2013
as Chatterbox
We Are Not Here
2013
as Monday
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013
as Ricky
Septic Man
2013
as Phil Prosser
Man of Steel
2013
as Lor-Em
Hemlock Grove
2013
as Swiss Doctor
The Colony
2013
as Leland
Hannibal
2013
as Caged Man
Orphan Black
2013
as Benjamin Kertland
Victims
2013
as Gatling
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
2012
as Rahn Brothers / Neither Man Nor Woman / Bill Phillips
Transporter: The Series
2012
as Edouard Orlande
The Conspiracy
2012
as Green Man
The Tape
2012
as Jack
Three Inches
2011
as Ethan
Bag of Bones
2011
as Elmer Durgin
Hell on Wheels
2011
as SLC Records Clerk
Collaborator
2011
as Maurice LeFont
Patch Town
2011
as Child Catcher
Animal Control
2011
as Larry
Hard Core Logo II
2010
as Bucky Haight
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
2010
as Hooded Leader / Atticus Murphy Sr.
Trigger
2010
as Bucky
Lost Girl
2010
as Arval
Rookie Blue
2010
as Cedric
Storm Worlds
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Survival of the Dead
2010
as James
Wingin' It
2010
as William Shakespeare
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
as Ferryman
Republic of Doyle
2010
as Lionel Harris
Sea Wolf
2009
as Mugridge
Sea Wolf
2009
as Mugridge
Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols
2009
as Kneeling Man
The Timekeeper
2009
as Grease
The Listener
2009
as Miles Mellini
You Might As Well Live
2009
as Dr. Pooseby
XIII
2008
as Mr. Cody
Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween
2008
as Mr. Tibers
Elegy
2008
as Actor in Play #1
The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow
2008
as Kneeling Man
Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid
2008
as Mr. Tibers
Jack and Jill vs. The World
2008
as Mr. Smith
The Trojan Horse
2008
as Barrie
Murdoch Mysteries
2008
as Phillip Uxbridge
The Border
2008
as Professor Adrian Maguire
Toronto Stories
2008
as Leather Jacket
Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost
2007
as Mr. Tibers
Saw IV
2007
as Vagrant
Nature of the Beast
2007
as Dr. Chamberlain
Heartland
2007
as Mr. Hanley
Heartland
2007
as Levon Hanley
The Tracey Fragments
2007
as Dr. Heker
Shoot 'Em Up
2007
as Hertz's Driver
Dead Silence
2007
as Bos
The Third Eye
2007
as Charlie Rabbit
Grossology
2006
as Darko Crevasse (voice)
The Last Sect
2006
as Karpov
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as Mutant Theatre Organizer
Skinwalkers
2006
as Sad Looking Man
At the Hotel
2006
as Baby Man
Drive Time Murders
2006
as 'The Doc'
Supernatural
2005
as Death
Black Widow
2005
as Dr. Deadman
Finding the Fallen
2005
as Narrator
Some Things That Stay
2004
as Minister
The Limb Salesman
2004
as Contact
Being Julia
2004
as Mr. Turnbull
The Last Casino
2004
as Orr
Kingdom Hospital
2004
as Otto
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
2004
as Otto
Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
2004
as William Cattermole
Fresh Meat: The Wounds of 'Wrong Turn'
2004
as Self
Eloise at Christmastime
2003
as Patrice the Chef
Slings & Arrows
2003
as Reg Mortimer
Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil
2003
as Satan
Open Range
2003
as Wylie
Missing
2003
as Doc
Wrong Turn
2003
as Three Finger
Eloise at the Plaza
2003
as Patrice the Chef
My Life Without Me
2003
as Dr. Thompson
Salem Witch Trials
2002
as Jonathan Walcott
Puppets Who Kill
2002
as French Painter
Puppets Who Kill
2002
as Mr. Portnoy
Between Strangers
2002
as Nigel
I Shout Love
2002
as Cab Driver
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
2001
as Brother Clote
On Their Knees
2001
as Pappy
Tracker
2001
as Max
Treed Murray
2001
as Homeless Man
Century Hotel
2001
as Waiter
MythQuest
2001
as Loki
Prince Charming
2001
as Wacktazar
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Poet
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Jerome Aland
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Peter Jay
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001
as Alger Kates
The Claim
2000
as Francis Bellanger
The Zack Files
2000
as The Mad Hatter
Two Thousand and None
2000
as Curator
The Hustle
2000
as Detective Walsh
The Crossing
2000
as McKenzie
The Time Shifters
1999
as Murray Trevor, Time-Traveling Tourist
Amazon
1999
as Elder Malakai
Detroit Rock City
1999
as Ticket Taker
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien
1999
as Meenom
Motel
1998
as Tenant
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
1998
as Bix
Highlander: The Raven
1998
as Basil Morgan
Urban Legend
1998
as Weird Janitor
The Red Violin
1998
as Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
Once a Thief: Family Business
1998
as Camier
Cube
1997
as Alderson
Ms. Scrooge
1997
as Christmas Yet to Come
Mimic
1997
as Workman
Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother
1997
as Camier
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
1997
as Doctor Saul Sprockett
La Femme Nikita
1997
as Errol Sparks
Heritage Minutes: Winnie
1997
as A.A. Milne
Pale Saints
1997
as Einstein
Hard Core Logo
1996
as Buck Haight
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
as Earl Cornell
The Boys Club
1996
as Officer Cole
The Shamrock Conspiracy
1995
as Reader
The Song Spinner
1995
as Callo
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
as Hair Stylist
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995
as Logan’s Henchman
Strauss: The King of Three-Quarter Time
1995
as Bono
Love Child
1995
as Tom Sr.
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
1994
as Sir George's Servant
Due South
1994
as Miles Emery
Giant Steps
1992
as Danceband Teacher
Forever Knight
1992
as Dr. Paul Dana
The Valour and the Horror
1992
as John Crocker
Naked Lunch
1991
as Exterminator #4
Heritage Minutes: John Cabot
1991
as King Henry VII
Heritage Minutes
1991
as A.A. Milne
Heritage Minutes
1991
as King Henry VII
Clarence
1990
as Reynolds
Maniac Mansion
1990
as Tax Man
Counterstrike
1990
as Rettie
The Top of His Head
1989
as Robert (henchman)
War of the Worlds
1988
as Man with Hat
War of the Worlds
1988
as Alien Scientist
War of the Worlds
1988
as Ardix
Love at Stake
1987
as Town Crier
Adderly
1986
Return to Wickensburg
as Mr. Hexenmeister
Honey Bunch
Keeper of the Cup
as Rick
Dave vs Death
as Death